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California Energy Commission Appliance Efficiency Regulations

CEC

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US - State of California only
Type Mandatory Efficiency Standard
Links CEC Home Page
CEC Appliance Efficiency Regulations Home Page
2016 Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20)
2016 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking Page (Title 20)
Type Appliance Efficiency Pre-Rulemaking (Title 20) - The following appliances categories are in the pre-rulemaking stage. Stakeholders can submit proposals, make comments, or view workshops.
Links 2017 Phase II Pre-Rulemaking
2018 Phase II Pre-Rulemaking
Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers (17-AAER-06)
Commercial Tumble Dryers and Air-Filter Labeling (17-AAER-01)
Federally Exempted Linear Fluorescent Lamps (18-AAER-08)
Hearth Products (18-AAER-06)
Irrigation Controllers (17-AAER-10)
Low-Power Mode (17-AAER-12)
Power Factor (19-AAER-03)
Set-Top Boxes (17-AAER-11)
Solar Inverters (17-AAER-13)
Tub Spout Diverters (17-AAER-09)
Pre-rulemaking (20-FDAS-01)
Type Flexible Demand Appliance Standards
Links 2016 Building Efficiency Standards (Title 24)
2019 Building Efficiency Standards (Title 24)
2022 Building Efficiency Standards (Title 24) - Pre-Rulemaking

 

PRODUCT STANDARD
Battery Charger Systems - Large

Large battery charger systems manufactured on or after January 1, 2014, shall meet the performance limits in the following table:

Performance Parameter Standard
Charge Return Factor (CRF) 100 percent, 80 percent Depth of discharge CRF ≤ 1.10
40 percent Depth of discharge CRF ≤ 1.15
Power Conversion Efficiency ≥ 89 percent
Power Factor ≥ 0.90
Maintenance Mode Power(Eb = battery capacity of tested battery ≤ 10 + 0.0012Eb
No Battery Mode Power ≤ 10 W
Battery Charger Systems - Small

Effective February 1, 2013, for consumer products that are not USB charger systems with a battery capacity of 20 watt-hours or more. Effective February 1, 2014, for consumer products that are USB charger systems. Effective January 1, 2017, for non-consumer products.

Performance Parameter Standard

Maximum 24 hour charge and maintenance energy (Wh)

(Eb = capacity of all batteries in ports and N = number of charger ports

For Eb of 25 Wh or less: 16 x N
For Eb > 2.5 Wh and ≤ 100 Wh: 12 x N=1.6Eb
For Eb > 100 Wh and ≤ 1000 Wh: 22 x N=1.5Eb
For Eb > 1000 Wh: 36.4 x N=1.486Eb

Maintenance Mode Power and No Battery Mode Power (W)
(Eb = capacity of all batteries in ports and N = number of charger ports

The sum of the maintenance mode power and no battery mode power must be less or equal to: 1x N+0.0021xEb
Compact Audio and Video Equipment
Appliance Type Effective Date Maximum Power Usage (W)
Compact Audio Products January 1, 2007 2 W in Audio standby-passive mode for those without a permanently illuminated clock display
4 W in Audio standby-passive mode for those with a permanently illuminated clock display
Digital Versatile Disc Players and Digital Versatile Disc Recorders January 1, 2006 3 W in Video standby-passive mode
Computers, Computer Monitors, and Signage Displays Minimum energy efficiency requirements for computers, workstations, monitors, and signage displays can be found here.
  Proposal to amend computer and monitor regulations - public hearing on 11/18/2020
External Power Supplies

Effective February 2016, EPSs must comply with the U.S. DOE EISA 2007 Level VI requirements. Information on the U.S. federal minimum efficiency levels for EPSs can be found here.

Nameplate Output (W) Minimum Efficiency in Active Mode*
< 1 Watt 0.5 * Nameplate Output
≥ 1 and ≤ 51 Watts 0.09 * Ln(Nameplate Output) + 0.5
> 51 Watts 0.85
  Maximum No-Load Energy Consumption
Any Output 0.5 Watts
*Ln (Nameplate output) = Natural Logarithm of the nameplate output expressed in Watts
General Service Lamps Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking page - General Service Lamps (Docket # 19-AAER-04) - Effective January 1, 2020
LED Lighting Quality Specification - Voluntary Voluntary California Quality LED Lamp Specification 3.1

Televisions

A ≤ 1400 (58 inch diagonal) Maximum standby power of 1 W 1Active-mode power: P ≤ 0.12 × A + 25 Minimum PF of 0.9
Source: California Energy Commission, effective 1/1/2013
 

In addition, TVs manufactured and sold in California must meet the following CEC requirements:   

  • Automatically enter a standby (passive or active) mode after a maximum of 15 minutes without video and/or audio input on the selected input mode
  • Enter a standby-passive mode when turned off by remote or integrated button or switch
  • Have a peak luminance in "home" mode, or in the default mode as shipped, of ≥ 65% of the peak luminance of the "retail" mode, or the brightest selectable preset mode